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You do all this to get to round 2......
.....and you'll get beaten in round 2 every time.
You are not going to sign Patrick Kane for 2 years. He'll stay in Detroit if the offer isn't 4 years. That's what is supposedly the issue. Yzerman doesn't like to give guys term and Kane wants to play until he's 40 finishing his career somewhere close to family (balancing Buffalo--his-- and Chicago--hers) and putting down roots for his 2 year old son.
Gostisbehere will help your PP. No doubt. But he makes the dumbest giveaways that cost goals. He lost a couple of crucial games down the stretch with Detroit with defensive miscues. Detroit hid him on the 3rd pair with a veteran defensive d-man in Maatta. And you want to give him that money and term? That would be an awful signing. He's great for 1/2 a year and excels when teams get PP opportunities (Detroit got a lot this past year), but ask him to play a complete or disciplined game and you'll see see his effectiveness go to nothing.
BTW Gostisbehere plays RD (as he likes to play off-handed to get a pass across on net quicker).